Wire chair.



J. SALOMON.

WIRE CHAIR. APPLIOATION FILED MAR.'25, 1907. RENEWED FEB. 29, 1912.

1,041,355,, Patented Oct. 15, 1912.

ODLUMIHA PLANDGRAPH :04. WASHINGTON. u. c.

JOSEPH SALOMON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WIRE CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15,1912.

Original application filed January 27, 1905, Serial No. 242,877. Dividedand this application filed March 25, 1907, Serial No. 364,405. RenewedFebruary 29, 1912. Serial No. 680,592.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr SALoMoN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in WireChairs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of furniture in which the frame workis largely made of wire or small metal rods and which is commonly knownas wire furniture. When such chairs are made with legs much elongated itis of the greatest importance that suitable stiffening means should beapplied at proper parts, and'that the several parts should be soconstructed as to cooperate in the bracing of the chairs to properstability.

This application is a division of my pending application Serial Number242,877, filed January 27, 1905, and it is the object of my inventionherein set out to provide a structure by which chairs made in accordancetherewith shall have a stiffness and rigidity otherwise unattainablewithout a greatly increased weight of metal.

The principles of my invention are illustrated in the drawings forming apart of this specification, in which Figure 1 shows a perspective viewof a blacking chair; Fig. 2 shows the frame work of one of the arms;Fig. 3 shows a section of the arm foundation piece on the line ww withthe finishing piece attached; Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line yy,and Fig. 5 is a detail of a leg stiffening clamp.

Further describing my invention with reference to the drawings, in whichlike characters of reference denote like parts throughout: 1 is the seatand 2 are the legs of a wire chair, the latter somewhat longer thanusual. They are twisted at their lower portions 2 and spread at theupper parts to form cluplex members 60, which are attached to the seatas is usual in this class of construction, by securing them to thevertical flange 40 of the seat ring. The bracing of the lower parts ofthe legs, by means of the spider, having duplex arms 3 and a centralclamp 4, is that shown in my former patent issued to me February 2,1904, Number 751,419. The separated members of the legs 2" form bracesagainst lateral movement of the upper portion of the chair and therigidity of the give them the ing the bracing members of the leg so asto embrace them closely and preferably completely to encircle them. Inpractice I form such clamp into the position stated by means of diesoperated by a press and I use a flat'or half oval section of metal,which is thus seated upon the wir s so firmly that i will not twist orslip.

Chairs of the class described should be supplied with a suitable backand arms and these can be so constructed and applied as to still furtherstiffen the chair and add to its rigidity. The seat 1 is surrounded by ametallic ring comprising the vertical portion 40 and the horizontalflange 41, the latter being perforated to take the bolts 42 by which thelegs 2 and the other portions of the chair may be attached to the saidring as desired. The back may consist of the wires 4.3, attached attheir lower extremities by means of the bolts 42. Said wires may becentrally twisted and bent as shown, or into any other desirable andagreeable form, and the free ends may be attached to and supported bythe arms as hereinafter described. The latter may consist of spindles 15suitably bent at the lower extremities and having eyes 46 turned thereonso as to be attached to the seat ring by means of the bolts 12. In thecentral spindle 47 the positive attaching means may be dispensed withand the lower portion may have a shoulder 49 and projecting end 50,which may be inserted into a corresponding aperture in the seat ring sothat the shoulder 49 will bear against the vertical portion thereof. Theupper end of the arm spindles are secured to a foundation part 51 bybeing passed through apertures therein and then headed down into acountersunk portion of such apertures as shown in Fig. 3. A hole in thearm foundation provides means by which the free ends of the back may besecured by the rivet 52 or other desired means. A finishing strip 55 bywhich the arm is com .pleted in appearance and convenience, of

wood or other desirable material is fitted to the foundation strip 51,and may be secured thereto by screws 56 passing thereinto throughopenings 57 in the foundation strip. The arm thus described being rigidin the relation of all its parts to each other, as'well as tied to theback as stated, is secured to the rim of the chair by bolts which arepassed through the eyes 46, and I use the same bolts 42 for this purposewhich secure the bracing members of the legs to the seat ring, Saidbracing members being placed inside the ring and the spindles of thestiffened arm above described being attached to the outside of the ring,the said bolts hold the same in rigid relation to the chair as a wholeand form a practically continuous construction of the leg members, thearm spindles and back.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, the following:

1. In a chair, the combination of a seat ring, rigidly formed armsprovided with spindles, rear legs having separated duplex portions, aback of Wire having separated upper and lower ends, means for securingthe upper ends thereof to the arms, common means for securing the lowerends of the back and rear members of said legs to the ring, and commonmeans for securing the arm spindles and the front members of said legsto the ring.

2. In combination with the seat ring of a metal chair, legs formed ofwire each having a lower twisted portion and an upper portion comprisingdivergent wires, means for securing the upper ends of said wires to theseat ring, and clamps of flat metal having their ends bent so as toencircle and rigidly engage the said divergent wires of each leg midwayof their length.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this 18th day of MarchA. D. 1907, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH SALOMON.

Witnesses:

G. K. CHAMBERLAIN, A. S. PHILLIPS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

